Someone With Critical Thinking Skills Can:: Fake News

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Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and

rationally, understanding the logical connection


between ideas. Critical thinking has been the
subject of much debate and thought since the time
of early Greek philosophers such as Plato and
Socrates and has continued to be a subject of
discussion into the modern age, for example the
ability to recognise fake news.
Critical thinking might be described as the ability
to engage in reflective and independent thinking.

In essence, critical thinking requires you to use your ability to


reason. It is about being an active learner rather than a passive
recipient of information.

Critical thinkers rigorously question ideas and assumptions rather


than accepting them at face value. They will always seek to
determine whether the ideas, arguments and findings represent the
entire picture and are open to finding that they do not.

Critical thinkers will identify, analyse and solve problems


systematically rather than by intuition or instinct.

Someone with critical thinking skills can:


 Understand the links between ideas.

 Determine the importance and relevance of arguments and ideas.

 Recognise, build and appraise arguments.

 Identify inconsistencies and errors in reasoning.

 Approach problems in a consistent and systematic way.

 Reflect on the justification of their own assumptions, beliefs and


values.
Critical thinking is thinking about things in certain ways so as to arrive at the best possible
solution in the circumstances that the thinker is aware of. In more everyday language, it is a
way of thinking about whatever is presently occupying your mind so that you come to the
best possible conclusion.
Critical Thinking is:

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